Hybrid Principal Solutions Executive – Security

at CDW

• Job title: Principal Solutions Executive – Security
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $160,000 - $192,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Virtual, United States

About the role

• Solutions Executive responsible for selling cybersecurity services and products for CDW Security. Driving sales growth in cybersecurity market while enhancing relationships with clients and partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute successful strategies that expand CDW Security’s customer base and achieve bookings, revenue, and gross profit targets.
• Establish a detailed, comprehensive understanding of all capabilities, service offerings, value proposition, market positioning, selling strategy and process, as well as key differentiators.
• Cultivate productive relationships with key personnel in current and targeted accounts.
• Identify, engage, qualify, develop, and earn new clients.
• Manage, support, and grow relationships as part of the extended sales team with prospects and clients as a consultative seller.
• Network with a broad range of client organizations and leadership in key fields, including: Information Technology, Information Security, Finance, Internal Audit, Data Privacy, Compliance, and Legal, Enterprise Risk Management, Procurement / Supply Chain Management.
• Proactively coordinate with other CDW Security resources to drive sales cycles, meet company objectives, and exceed client expectations.
• Build strong relationships with the partner community to identify opportunities for CDW and those partners.
• Understand industry landscapes and follow trends that impact our clients’ business risk, strategic decision-making, and budget planning and expenditure.
• Provide accurate sales pipeline updates and forecasts.
• Proactively populate and maintain all information in Salesforce.
• Provide onboarding support and mentorship to entry level Security Solutions Executives.
• Enhance CDW Security’s and your personal brand through participation at industry events, speaking engagements, blogging and other forms of acceptable public communication.
• Proactively work with marketing to develop regional events that attract senior leadership from key accounts and prospects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or related technical degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience identifying opportunities and full lifecycle management for security services and products and/or equivalent experience as a security practitioner.
• Mastery of at least seven of the security focus areas in the security portfolio: Identity and Access Management, Security Program Development Privacy, Risk and Compliance, Third-Party Risk Management, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Cyber Workforce Development, Cloud Security, Secure Infrastructure, Physical Security, Emerging Security Technologies.
• Experience with enterprise sales, with both strategic planning and day-to-day execution.
• Proven performance record with demonstrated year-over-year metrics.
• Successful record of meeting or exceeding sales goals.
• Ability to take personal ownership of professional goals and achieve financial targets.
• Strong ambition and sense of urgency.
• Energetic networker and relationship-builder.
• Ability to work with and effectively coordinate across extended internal teams and partners.
• Excellent, professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to travel as needed for customer meetings and to develop/maintain partner relationships.

Benefits

• Annual bonus target of $25,000 subject to terms and conditions of plan